Swimmer's Daily

Month: April 2012

  • Japan Swim: Kosuke Hagino sets Asian, Japanese record

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    At the Japan Swim today, Kosuke Hagino set a new national and Asian record in the men’s 400 IM, with a 4:10.26 clipping Yuya Horihata in 4:10.52, the Japanese Olympic cut being 4:14.72. In the women’s 400 IM, Miyu Ohtsuka and Miho Takahashi qualified in 4:36.64 and 4:37.71, and in the men’s 100 breast semifinal,…

  • Mathias Gydesen might get another chance

    Mathias Gydesen might get another chance

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    Danish newspaper Politiken has this article on Mathias Gydesen’s situation now after missing out on an Olympic qualification with only 1 hundredth of a second, when he at the Indianapolis Grand Prix last weekend broke the Danish and Nordic record in the men’s 100 backstroke with a time of 54.41, the FINA A cut being…

  • Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan back together again?

    Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan back together again?

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    Gossip alert, out of Woman’s Day … Eamon Sullivan hasn’t been lucky in love since ending his two-year relationship with golden girl Stephanie Rice on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. But things may be looking up for the handsome swimmer, who was spotted flirting up a storm with his former girlfriend just a week…

  • Chinese Nationals: Li Xiang sets national record

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    At the Chinese Long Course Nationals today, Li Xiang won the men’s 200 breaststroke in a new national record of 2:11.67, clearing the FINA A Olympic qualification time of 2:11.74. Chen Yin won the men’s 200 butterfly in 1:56.14, also within the FINA A cut, and Li Xuanxu the women’s 400 IM with a 4:34.92,…

  • Canadian Trials Day 6: Russell breaks another Canadian record

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    On the final day of Canadian Olympic Trials, Sinead Russell smashed her Canadian record in the 200 backstroke, managing a 2:08.04 where her record from Shanghai 2011 was 2:08.80. Hilary Caldwell also went under the Olympic qualification standard with a 2:09.14. Brent Hayden qualified in the men’s 50 freestyle with a time of 22.16, Victoria…

  • CC photo #94: A smart Greek in Rome

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    A Greek swimmer giving me a total ‘aha’ moment while cooking in the sun on the athlete’s stand at the FINA 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy. They know a lot more about keeping cool in the sun, than us the Faroese. Really.

  • Experimental game Deep Sea terrifies with blindness, limited breathing

    Experimental game Deep Sea terrifies with blindness, limited breathing

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    In the underwater horror game Deep Sea, you strap on a mask that takes away your vision and limits your breathing, to start fighting alien monsters in the abyss by trying to localize, aim and fire at them using only your hearing, to the point where you have to surpress your breathing in order to…

  • FINA 10K World Cup: Gianniotis and Cunha capture gold in Eilat

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    At the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Eilat (ISR) yesterday, Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE) and Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) won gold, Gianniotis by outsprinting Thomas Lurz (GER) to a 1h52m32s45 third consecutive win out of three possible at this World Cup series and Cunho by clipping Ekaterina Seliverstova with a 2h02m37s45 to 2h02m37s80. See…

  • Indy Grand Prix 2012: Michael Phelps bows out with a world-best 200 IM

    Indy Grand Prix 2012: Michael Phelps bows out with a world-best 200 IM

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    At the Indianapolis Grand Prix yesterday, Michael Phelps scorched the men’s 200 meter individual medley with a 1:56.41 meet record, almost two seconds under Joe Roebuck’s world-leading time of 1:58.16 from the British Olympic Trials. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine Crazy to think it all started 12 years ago in Indy…. And now I…